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'New' talk therapy cash to come from existing NHS budget
The £400m the government is putting into extending access to talking therapies will come from the wider NHS budget.
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Flory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.
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Community services transfers will miss TCS deadline
Almost one in 10 of the planned transfers of community services from primary care trusts will miss the 1 April deadline, the Department of Health has admitted.
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Three per cent of public health funds could go to Mayor
The Mayor of London could take three percent of the money allocated to councils for public health in the capital.
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Just one in five DH staff say change is managed well
Only one in five Department of Health employees believe change is managed well, according to staff survey results.
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CQC fees hike 'disappoints' confederation
The NHS Confederation has said it is “deeply disappointed” at Care Quality Commission plans to raise registration fees by up to 67 per cent, despite an initial promise to make the system cost neutral.
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NHS medical trials among best in Europe
A programme in the North West which aimed to show the NHS could be a first class environment for commercial pharmaceutical research has reported results matching the best in Europe.
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Government launches £400m talk therapy strategy
Access to taking therapies will be extended to an extra million people the government’s mental health strategy was expected to say.
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Leader
Is a narrative for complex health reform impossible?
Two snapshots from a day in the life of one A Lansley, health secretary.
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No extra pay for royal wedding, NHS staff told
NHS Employers has told unions trusts are prepared to give staff a day off in lieu for working on 29 April - declared a national bank holiday to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton - but not to pay enhanced public holiday rates for that day.
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Health visitors wary of recruitment plans
Nursery nurses and healthcare support workers could be recruited to health visiting teams in a bid to increase capacity and improve retention rates in the profession, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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Trust counts £8m cost of objections to PFI scheme
A judicial review application against the rebuild of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital has cost the trust £8m in delays so far and is risking operational failures.
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Chief dismissed for 'seaside humour' wins tribunal
A former interim chief executive of an NHS trust was unfairly sacked for sending emails containing “seaside humour” just 15 days before he was due to be made redundant.
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Reforms are a 'new deal', PM tells GPs
Prime minister David Cameron has spearheaded the government’s latest attempt to rally GPs behind consortium commissioning.
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HSJ Local
Over 1,000 patients miss waiting time targets at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust
PERFORMANCE: More than 1,000 patients have been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.
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HSJ Local
Consultant referrals create red risk at Telford and Wrekin
PERFORMANCE: NHS Telford and Wrekin are reporting a red risk related to the high number of consultant to consultant referrals.
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HSJ Local
Staff from North East London Foundation Trust support hospital trust struggling with winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Staff from Community Health Services, the provider arm of NHS Barking & Dagenham which NELFT now manages, are preparing extra beds in transitional and rehab units to take some of the strain from nearby Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT overperforming on PCT budget
FINANCE: A report from commissioners at NHS Hammersmith and Fulham found the acute trust was overperforming by £913,000 in the year-to-date.
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Ambulances refitted to transport larger patients
Ambulance fleets across the country are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting gear to cope with the increasing number of obese patients, it has been reported.
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Kent PCT cluster appoints future chief exec
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the cluster of primary care trusts due to form in Kent.